Posted by Shanti Kaur Khalsa& filed under Music This article was originally published in the November 1995 issue of Prosperity Paths. It is a beautiful description by S.S. Shanti Kaur Khalsa of Song of the Khalsa being sung at the first World Sikh Conference in Amritsar in 1995. It is very vivid description and worth republishing.....
The heat swirled around the people as the…
Posted by Sardarni Guru Amrit Kaur& filed under Our Authors, Prayer, Prosperity, Prosperity Articles As we come to Celebrate Our Baisaikhi this year, renewing our identity as Sikhs of the Guru. It seems relevant for us to take a moment to honor both the Adversity & Prosperity that we both faced & achieved together this year
When we are struck by adversity and if we get angry instead of humbled…
Posted by Shabd Singh Khalsa& filed under Around the World, Sikh History, Your Stories The dusty roads between Garhshankar and Jalandar teemed with life. Surrounded by serene wheat fields lined with wispy trees, thousands of people motored up and down the cramped highway. They dodged affable but incessant sevaks demanding them to receive Guru’s langar. Their heads adorned with orange turbans in celebration of Holla Mohalla (Holla), the Sikh…
Posted by Jot Prakash Kaur& filed under Around the World, Your Stories Although we learned much more, the theme became clear: When Sikhs stood up for others out of love, our efforts brought great victories to the people; when Sikhs fought on behalf of their own attachments, we lost brutally. The question then became, what are we standing for today?…
Posted by Shabd Singh Khalsa& filed under Our Authors After a quick flight to Delhi, a manic layover where I had to leave the terminal and go back through security (with no prior directions to do so), I made it to Chennai. It is hard to convey the sensation that overcame me. At the first glimpse of the palm trees soothing warmth swept over…
Posted by Shabd Singh Khalsa& filed under Around the World, Your Stories What often happens, I think, to people born into a unique community with specific lifestyle, is that we do not feel we have chosen the life for ourselves. I think we also see a lot of hypocrisy. What is wrong with my parents’ marriage if they meditate all the time and bow before the Guru?…
Posted by Sardarni Guru Amrit Kaur& filed under Our Authors Royalty is a most beautiful quality that we as Sikhs of the Guru have the privilege to claim as our birthright: to be sons or daughters of the Royal House of the Khalsa.…
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